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17 y/o black kid killed in gated community where he lived.
Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager, was shot and killed in a gated community in Florida late last month by a white neighborhood watch captain, according to police. But the watch captain, George Zimmerman — a 26-year-old college student who has admitted to police that he shot the young man — still walks free. And Martin's family is pleading for answers and demanding justice.At this point there are more questions than answers in the young man's death, but this much is known: Martin was packing little more than a bag of candy and a canned iced tea on the night he was killed."He had a gun, and Trayvon had Skittles," Benjamin Crump, a family attorney, told The Huffington Post this afternoon.Martin, 17, a high school junior who lived with his mother in Miami, was visiting his father and stepmother at their home in Sanford, a suburb of Orlando, on the weekend of Feb. 26. During halftime of the NBA All-Star Game, Martin's family said he walked to a nearby convenience store to get some candy for his younger brother. On his way back home, according to reports, he caught the attention of George Zimmerman, a 26-year-old college student and self-appointed captain of The Retreat at Twin Lakes neighborhood watch.Zimmerman, armed with a 9mm handgun, trailed the boy in his car. At some point, Zimmerman called 911, telling the operator there was a "suspicious person in the area," according to a police report acquired by HuffPost.Not long after the call, some sort of altercation ensued between Zimmerman and Martin. Then neighbors said they heard gunfire.The Sanford Police arrived and found Martin lying face down on a patch of grass about 70 feet from his family's home, a pack of candy in one pocket and an iced tea in the other."What happened between him being confronted, up to the point where he got shot, nobody knows but him and that guy," Tracy Martin, the boy's father, told HuffPost. "I'm looking for justice for my family. I want answers but I don't have any to give — not for his mother, his brothers or sisters. We don't have nothing, but we want answers."According to reports, Zimmerman's gun was legal and he has claimed to authorities that he shot Martin in self-defense. Crump, the family's attorney, described Zimmerman as a "loose cannon" and questioned why any neighborhood watchman would be carrying a loaded gun. He has asked law enforcement authorities to turn over recordings of the call to 911 that Zimmerman made the night of the shooting, in the hopes that it might shed some light on the incident. Crump said if the recordings are not given to the family, he will file a public records lawsuit on their behalf.Crump said the family is demanding that the Sanford Police arrest Zimmerman, and that the Seminole County State Attorney's Office review the case and press charges."They say they are still investigating," Crump said. "I'm not sure what there is to investigate. What's suspicious about this kid? That's what the family is crying out, that our kid is like any other kid."A call and an email to Chief Bill Lee of the Sanford Police Department were not immediately returned on Thursday. A phone number listed for Zimmerman has been disconnected, and his current whereabouts are not known.Lynn Bumpus-Hooper, a spokeswoman for the Seminole County State Attorney's Office, said that the office has not received the case from the police, and until an arrest is made, it will not be involved."We have not received a case [from the Sanford PD] yet, but we will give it our full consideration when we do," Bumpus-Hooper said. She said it is not rare for several weeks to pass before the State Attorney's Office receives a homicide or murder case from the police.Meanwhile, a heartbroken father struggles to deal with the weight of his son's death. He tells the story of his son's heroics at age 9, when he pulled his father from a burning kitchen, and of his love of sports and horseback riding and his dreams of attending college and becoming an aviation mechanic."Right now we're all on pins and needles," Tracy Martin said. "When I asked the police why there's been no arrest, they told me they respected [Zimmerman's] background, that he studied criminal justice for four years and that he was squeaky clean."He continued: "My question to them was, did they run my child's background check? They said yes. I asked them what they came up with, and they said nothing. So I asked if Zimmerman having a clean record, did that give him the right to shoot and kill an unarmed kid?"In the "Committee News" section of last month's issue of the gated community's newsletter, "Retreat Reflections," the neighborhood watch committee asked for additional volunteers and warned: "Please keep your eyes open" and "If you see something suspicious or out of place, report it!"For more information, it said, call George Zimmerman.UPDATE:Chief Bill Lee of the Sanford Police Department on Thursday evening said the account given by Martin’s family and attorney is correct, that Zimmerman saw the young man walking home from the store. He said that Zimmerman did indeed call 911 and report a suspicious person, and that he was told not to follow him.“For some reason he felt that Trayvon, the way that he was walking or appeared seemed suspicious to him,” Lee said. “He called this in and at one part of this initial call [the dispatcher] recommends him not to follow Trayvon. A police officer is on the way at that point.”Lee said that Zimmerman instead followed Martin.“I believe that Mr. Zimmerman was trying to, by his account, find an address to give the officers and also trying to keep Trayvon in eyesight.”Zimmerman told the police that Martin noticed that he was being followed and asked, “what’s your problem?”That's when a physical confrontation ensued, Lee said. And moments later, Martin was shot.Lee said that Zimmerman has a legal permit to carry the weapon used in the shooting, and that he told police that he shot Martin in self-defense.“He felt the need to defend himself,” Lee said. “ I don’t think it was his intent to go and shoot somebody” that night.The chief said the police have met with Zimmerman on two to three separate occasions, and that their investigation should be wrapped up this week. He said all of the evidence in the case will be delivered to the Seminole County State Attorney’s Office soon after.“We’re going to present all the information and if they feel that based on all of the evidence that we’re able to produce that Mr. Zimmerman has satisfied the requirement that he shot in self defense, they may, but if not, he would be charged with some type of homicide or manslaughter,” Lee said.“It is certainly and absolutely a tragedy, especially for the Martin Family,” Lee said. "No one expects their teenage son to go the store and never come back.”
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Permalink Reply by Dragon Slayer Puss on
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@DJ we didn't do anything but be the unique strong minded beings that we are. I don't wanna get into israel but we are the lost tribe. They have been trying to fool us that we aren't kings and queens but we are even when we don't see it. They see it and they hate it. We had technolgy way back in the way back but they tricked us into letting them 'own' it. This is our world that WE built but they take the credit for it. That is why everything revolves around what we think is cool! That's why our men are targeted. Why our women and labeled for no reason. They hate us cuz the can't be us. Period.
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Permalink Reply by DJ - A.K.A - DON_JUAN on -
agreed.
Love is a Losing Game said:@DJ we didn't do anything but be the unique strong minded beings that we are. I don't wanna get into israel but we are the lost tribe. They have been trying to fool us that we aren't kings and queens but we are even when we don't see it. They see it and they hate it. We had technolgy way back in the way back but they tricked us into letting them 'own' it. This is our world that WE built but they take the credit for it. That is why everything revolves around what we think is cool! That's why our men are targeted. Why our women and labeled for no reason. They hate us cuz the can't be us. Period.
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Permalink Reply by OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE on -
If there is no unity in the community, the race won't succeed. It starts with the mind (emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds *Bob Marley*)
Love is a Losing Game said:@DJ we didn't do anything but be the unique strong minded beings that we are. I don't wanna get into israel but we are the lost tribe. They have been trying to fool us that we aren't kings and queens but we are even when we don't see it. They see it and they hate it. We had technolgy way back in the way back but they tricked us into letting them 'own' it. This is our world that WE built but they take the credit for it. That is why everything revolves around what we think is cool! That's why our men are targeted. Why our women and labeled for no reason. They hate us cuz the can't be us. Period.
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Spicey, girl don't believe the hype in my Flava Flav voice! WE have to stop lettin people tell us what we are, who we are and how we are, MOST importantly what we do. Get involved in positive movements. Start small, start on your block. start on your job. You will meet others that share like minds. Just look here on BA, there's a bunch of us that aint for the BS. We out here girl and we are unified. We can be tighter, but lets work collectively at that. As long as we believe what they say about us and don't try to rally for a cause, any cause, then they WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT. We can do it. We have done it. AND if some major ish pops off WE WILL DO IT AGAIN. Everybody knows that.
OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:If there is no unity in the community, the race won't succeed. It starts with the mind (emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds *Bob Marley*)
Love is a Losing Game said:@DJ we didn't do anything but be the unique strong minded beings that we are. I don't wanna get into israel but we are the lost tribe. They have been trying to fool us that we aren't kings and queens but we are even when we don't see it. They see it and they hate it. We had technolgy way back in the way back but they tricked us into letting them 'own' it. This is our world that WE built but they take the credit for it. That is why everything revolves around what we think is cool! That's why our men are targeted. Why our women and labeled for no reason. They hate us cuz the can't be us. Period.
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Permalink Reply by AllyNWonderland on -
I watched it on GMA today and here's another update!!! Zimmerman is NOT SQUEAKY CLEAN!!!! A few years ago he was arrested for assault and assault on a police but for some reason the charges were dropped????
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Permalink Reply by OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE on
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You know the cops already ran his record b4 they questioned him about this tragedy. So they were already aware of his violent tendencies. So why isn't he in jail while the investigation is going on??? If it was a blk u know they would be in jail with $2mil bail.
AllyNWonderland said:I watched it on GMA today and here's another update!!! Zimmerman is NOT SQUEAKY CLEAN!!!! A few years ago he was arrested for assault and assault on a police but for some reason the charges were dropped????
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Permalink Reply by MissBling on -
Sooo true!
@DJ we didn't do anything but be the unique strong minded beings that we are. I don't wanna get into israel but we are the lost tribe. They have been trying to fool us that we aren't kings and queens but we are even when we don't see it. They see it and they hate it. We had technolgy way back in the way back but they tricked us into letting them 'own' it. This is our world that WE built but they take the credit for it. That is why everything revolves around what we think is cool! That's why our men are targeted. Why our women and labeled for no reason. They hate us cuz the can't be us. Period.
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Permalink Reply by SACK CHASER on -
Someone is protecting this scumbag. He must have some type of political connections.
He exited his vehicle after 911 advised him not too and some how ended up fighting with the teenager. Why didn't he stay his trigger happy ass in the car?!
OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:You know the cops already ran his record b4 they questioned him about this tragedy. So they were already aware of his violent tendencies. So why isn't he in jail while the investigation is going on??? If it was a blk u know they would be in jail with $2mil bail.
AllyNWonderland said:I watched it on GMA today and here's another update!!! Zimmerman is NOT SQUEAKY CLEAN!!!! A few years ago he was arrested for assault and assault on a police but for some reason the charges were dropped????
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Permalink Reply by OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE on
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He got away with it the first time sooo his false sense of confidence made him do it.
SACK CHASER said:Someone is protecting this scumbag. He must have some type of political connections.
He exited his vehicle after 911 advised him not too and some how ended up fighting with the teenager. Why didn't he stay his trigger happy ass in the car?!
OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:You know the cops already ran his record b4 they questioned him about this tragedy. So they were already aware of his violent tendencies. So why isn't he in jail while the investigation is going on??? If it was a blk u know they would be in jail with $2mil bail.
AllyNWonderland said:I watched it on GMA today and here's another update!!! Zimmerman is NOT SQUEAKY CLEAN!!!! A few years ago he was arrested for assault and assault on a police but for some reason the charges were dropped????
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Permalink Reply by SACK CHASER on
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True. I don't think he's going to get away this time because of the media exposure.
This child was loved and cared for. His family is going to fight until that bastard pays for this senseless crime!
OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:He got away with it the first time sooo his false sense of confidence made him do it.
SACK CHASER said:Someone is protecting this scumbag. He must have some type of political connections.
He exited his vehicle after 911 advised him not too and some how ended up fighting with the teenager. Why didn't he stay his trigger happy ass in the car?!
OLD $PICE PINE NEEDLE said:You know the cops already ran his record b4 they questioned him about this tragedy. So they were already aware of his violent tendencies. So why isn't he in jail while the investigation is going on??? If it was a blk u know they would be in jail with $2mil bail.
AllyNWonderland said:I watched it on GMA today and here's another update!!! Zimmerman is NOT SQUEAKY CLEAN!!!! A few years ago he was arrested for assault and assault on a police but for some reason the charges were dropped????
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